[matthewb0051]

It depends on what the issues are and what the Dr says.

I've had mixed success with a Tetters hang up. Sometimes it helps, others not so much. I've even used it laying face down vice on your back. The inversion table used laying on your back places my spine in the wrong curvature towards my belly button.

Another option is laying over a yoga ball and using it to place your spine in traction. This works fairly well and is more tolerable than being upside down or having your feet/ankles locked in the inversion table.

For me:
Degenerative disc and a loss of over half of a couple of discs in the L spine region. So decompression helps some.

But I don't think this will un-herniate a disc if that is the issue...

I get more relief from chiropractic adjustment but it only last for 2 or 3 days. Used to get relief from acupuncture.

It helps to have a few options of treatment so if one thing isn't working you can turn to another. Most all of it being outside of normal medicine (except for meds).